Updated Feb 20, 2026
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Birthday
(Thursday)
Died
Birthplace
Basse-Pointe, France
Nationality
Languages
Antillean Creole, French
Spouse
Suzanne Césaire (1937)
Children
6 children: Ina Césaire
Education
Lycée Louis-le-Grand, Q18736746, École Normale Supérieure
Zodiac Sign
♋ Cancer
Chinese Zodiac
牛 Ox
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DROPTHE_ GOSSIP
Aimé Césaire: Martinican writer, poet and politician (1913–2008).
Born in Basse-Pointe (died at age 94).
3 awards including America Award in Literature.
Studied at Lycée Louis-le-Grand.
AWARDS (3)
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America Award in Literature
WON
B
Grand prix national de la poésie
WON
B
Viareggio-Versilia International Prize
WON
Biography
Aimé Fernand David Césaire was a French poet, author, and politician from Martinique. He was "one of the founders of the Négritude movement in Francophone literature" and coined the word négritude in French. He founded the Parti progressiste martiniquais in 1958, and served in the French National Assembly from 1945 to 1993 and as President of the Regional Council of Martinique from 1983 to 1988. He was also the Mayor of Fort-de-France for 56 years, from 1945 to 2001.
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